Metro

Metro, short for metropolitan, may refer to:

Geography

• Metro (city), a city in Indonesia
• A metropolitan area, the populated region including and surrounding an urban center

Public transport

• Rapid transit, a passenger railway in an urban area with high capacity and frequency
• The public transport operator of city or metropolitan area
• The transport authority of city or metropolitan area
• The urban rail transit system of a city or metropolitan area

Rail systems

Africa

• Cairo Metro in Cairo, Egypt
• Algiers Metro in Algiers, Algeria

Asia

• Taipei Metro, in Taipei, Taiwan
• Taoyuan Metro, in Taoyuan, Taiwan
• New Taipei Metro, in New Taipei, Taiwan
• Bangkok Metro, in Bangkok, Thailand
• Lahore Metro, in Lahore, Pakistan
• Dubai Metro, in Dubai

India

• Chennai Metro, in Chennai
• Delhi Metro, Delhi & NCR regions
• Kolkata Metro, in Kolkata
• Mumbai Metro, in Mumbai
• Hyderabad Metro, in Hyderabad
• Kochi Metro, in Kochi
• Nagpur Metro, in Nagpur
• Lucknow Metro, in Lucknow
• Noida Metro, in Noida
• Namma Metro, in Bengaluru
• Rapid Metro Gurgaon, in Gurugram
• Jaipur Metro, in Jaipur Pink City
• Ahmedabad Metro, in Amdavad

Iran

• Tehran Metro, in Tehran/Karaj
• Mashhad Metro, in Mashhad
• Shiraz Metro, in Shiraz
• Tabriz Metro, in Tabriz
• Esfahan Metro, in the Esfahan Region

Mainland China

• Wuhan Metro
• Shanghai Metro, in Shanghai and Kunshan, Jiangsu
• Beijing Subway
• Guangzhou Metro
• Changsha Metro
• Changzhou Metro
• Dalian Metro
• Foshan Metro
• Fuzhou Metro
• Guiyang Metro
• Hangzhou Metro
• Harbin Metro
• Hefei Metro
• Hohhot Metro
• Jinan Metro
• Kunming Metro
• Lanzhou Metro
• Nanchang Metro
• Nanjing Metro
• Nanning Metro
• Qingdao Metro
• Shenyang Metro
• Shenzhen Metro
• Shijiazhuang Metro
• Tianjin Metro
• Ürümqi Metro
• Wenzhou Metro
• Wuxi Metro
• Xi'an Metro, in Xi'an and Xianyang
• Xiamen Metro
• Xuzhou Metro
• Zhengzhou Metro

Europe

• Amsterdam Metro, Netherlands
• Athens Metro, in Athens, Greece
• Copenhagen Metro, Copenhagen, Denmark
• Helsinki Metro, the rapid transit system serving Helsinki, Finland
• Istanbul Metro, Turkey
• Kiev Metro, Ukraine
• Moscow Metro opened in 1935, the first of several rapid transit systems built in the Soviet Union
• Oslo Metro, Oslo, Norway
• Paris Métro in Paris, France
• Prague Metro in Prague, Czech Republic
• Rotterdam Metro, Netherlands
• Saint Petersburg Metro opened in 1955, Russia
• Sofia Metro, Bulgaria
• Thessaloniki Metro, in Thessaloniki, Greece
• Warsaw Metro, in Poland

United Kingdom

• London's Metropolitan Railway, the world's first underground railway and a precursor of the London Underground
• Manchester Metrolink, a light urban tram system, England
• West Midlands Metro, light rail tram system between Birmingham and Wolverhampton, England
• Tyne and Wear Metro, light rail system, North East England

North America (outside the United States)

• Mexico City Metro, in Mexico
• Montreal Metro, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada

United States

• Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
• Metro (Minnesota)
• Muni Metro, light rail system, San Francisco, California
• Metro-North Railroad, New York and suburban rail system
• Metro Transit (Minnesota), existing and proposed light rail and bus rapid transit lines
• Valley Metro Rail, mainly in Phoenix, Tempe and Mesa, Arizona
• Washington Metro, heavy rail rapid transit system in Washington, D.C. and its Maryland and Virginia suburbs

Oceania

• Metro Trains Melbourne, in Australia
• Metro Tunnel, a metropolitan rail infrastructure project currently under construction in Melbourne, Australia
• Metro Transport Sydney, the former operator of Sydney Light Rail and Sydney Monorail
• Tranz Metro, commuter rail operator, Wellington, New Zealand

South America

• Metro de Santiago, the second largest in South America, serving Santiago, Chile
• Caracas metro, is a mass rapid transit system serving Caracas, Venezuela

Bus services and other transit authorities

• Metrobus (disambiguation), several bus operators

Europe

• Metro (Belfast), bus services, Northern Ireland
• West Yorkshire Metro or MetroTrain, England

North America

• Metro (Houston)
• Metro (St. Louis)
• Greater Portland Metro Bus, Maine
• King County Metro, Seattle, Washington
• Madison Metro, Wisconsin
• Metro Transit (disambiguation), several North American bus services
• the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, rail and bus systems
• Mountain Metropolitan Transit, Colorado Springs, Colorado

Oceania

• Metro (Christchurch), co-ordinated public transport, Christchurch, New Zealand
• Metro Tasmania, a state-owned bus company

Airports

• Detroit Metropolitan Airport, Michigan, United States
• Metro International Airlines, a charter and scheduled passenger subsidiary of the defunct Flying Tiger Line

Education

• Metro Academic and Classical High School, St Louis, Missouri, United States
• Metropolitan State University of Denver, Denver, Colorado, United States
• Metropolitan State University, Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States

Media and entertainment

Broadcasting

• Metro Broadcast Corporation, with a variety of Hong Kong‑based Metro‑branded radio stations
• Metro FM, a national radio station, South Africa
• Metro Radio, a radio station, Newcastle upon Tyne, North East England
• Metro TV (disambiguation) or MetroTV, several television stations
• Metro 14, on air name of CJNT-DT, a television station, Montreal, Quebec
• Radio Metro, a radio station, Argentina
• Metro (Poland), a Polish television channel

Film

• Metro (1997 film), starring Eddie Murphy
• Metro (2007 film)
• Metro (2013 film), Russian film
• Metro (2016 film), a Tamil language film
• The Metro (film), a 2011 Malayalam-language film
• Metro Pictures, one of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's predecessor companies

Music

Artists

• Metro (Hungarian band)
• Metro (British band), active 1976–1980
• Metro (Serbian band), active 1981–1985; 1994–1997
• Metrô (band), Brazilian new wave band active 1978–1988; 2002–2004; 2014; 2015–present
• Metro Boomin (born 1993), American songwriter, known simply as Metro
• The Metros, an English indie band active 2006–2009

Titled works

• Metro (album), 1977 self-titled album by the British band
• Metro (musical), a 1991 Polish musical
• "Metro" (The Vincent Black Shadow song), a 2006 song by The Vincent Black Shadow
• "The Metro" (song), a 1983 single by Berlin

Venues

• Metro Chicago, a music venue, Chicago, United States
• The Metro Theatre, a music venue, Sydney, Australia
• Metro Nightclub, the former name of the Palace theatre, Melbourne, Australia

Periodicals

Magazines

• Metro (magazine), New Zealand lifestyle magazine
• Metro Magazine, for bus and rail transit and motorcoach operators
• Metro Weekly, a free weekly magazine-style publication for the LGBT community of Washington, D.C.

Newspapers

• Harian Metro, Malaysia
• Metro (Belgian newspaper)
• Metro (British newspaper)
• Metro (Dutch newspaper)
• Metro (Italian newspaper)
• Metro (Swedish newspaper)
• Metro (U.S. newspaper), largest circulation among free newspapers in the United States
• Métro (Montreal newspaper), a French-language free newspaper
• Metro Daily, Hong Kong newspaper
• Metro Santa Cruz, former name of a newspaper in Santa Cruz, California, renamed the Santa Cruz Weekly
• Metro Silicon Valley, a newspaper in San Jose, California
• StarMetro (newspaper), a chain of Canadian free newspapers (formerly called Metro until April 2018)
• Zimbabwe Metro

Media Companies

• Metro International, a Swedish media company
• Metro Newspapers, a newspaper company in California

Others

• Metro (franchise), a multimedia sci-fi franchise created by Russian author Dmitry Glukhovsky, including:

Books

• Metro 2033 (2005)
• Metro 2034 (2009)
• Metro 2035 (2015)

Video games

• Metro 2033 (2010)
• Metro: Last Light (2013)
• Metro Exodus (2019)

• Metro (novel), 1933 novel by Vladimir Varankin
• Metro (typeface)

Business

• Metro (department store), a chain based in Singapore
• Metro (supermarket, Greece)
• Metro (supermarket, Indonesia), a real estate and property management company
• Metro AG, Germany's largest retailer
• MetroCentre (shopping centre), indoor shopping mall, Gateshead, England, UK
• Metro Cash and Carry, a hypermarket chain owned by Metro AG
• METRO Foods Trading, Cyprus
• Metro Inc., a Canadian supermarket chain
• Metro (restaurant chain), an Icelandic fast food chain
• Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO), a non-profit organization
• Metro by T-Mobile, a prepaid wireless service provider in the United States

Sports

• Metro (wrestler), a Mexican masked luchador
• Metro Conference, a defunct NCAA Division I athletic conference
• Metro FC (New Zealand), association football club based in Auckland

Technology

For vehicles, see § Vehicles.

• Metro (design language), developed by Microsoft for interfaces
• GlassFish Metro, an open source web service stack that is part of the GlassFish project
• Metro Ethernet, an Ethernet-based computer network that covers a metropolitan area
• Metro, former code name of the XML Paper Specification, Microsoft's document framework

Vehicles

• Austin Metro and MG Metro, produced by Austin Rover in Europe
• Fairchild Metro, a commuter airliner
• Geo Metro, a variant of the Suzuki Cultus sold in North America
• International Harvester Metro Van

Other uses

• El Metro 4, a Mexican high-ranking drug trafficker
• Gregorio Sauceda-Gamboa, Mexican drug lord nicknamed Metro 2
• Samuel Flores Borrego (1972–2011), Mexican drug lord nicknamed Metro 3
• Metro (Oregon regional government)
• Metro Vancouver Regional District

See also

• Metropolitan (disambiguation)
• Metrorail (disambiguation)